Where does “alkuperätodistus” come from?

alkuperätodistus (Finnish) comes from Finnish alkuperä, from Finnish alku, from Finnish alkaa, from Proto-Finnic alkadak, from Proto-Uralic alka- — beginning.

alkuperätodistus (Finnish): certificate of origin

Definitions

  1. certificate of origin

Ancestry of “alkuperätodistus”, step by step

alkuperätodistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish alkuperä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalkuperäorigin
2Finnishalkustart, beginning, inception, incipience; first,...
3Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
4Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
5Proto-Uralicalka-beginning

via Finnish todistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtodistuscertificate; diploma, report card, certificate;...
2FinnishtodistaaTo prove, demonstrate, substantiate; To witness,...
3Finnishtositruth, reality, real thing; real-life; true
4Proto-Finnictocitruth
Every word from Proto-Uralic alka-